It ain't the threads that are boring, it's the current crop of boring Bilge rats.

See what happens when ya' all drive off the eccentric, illogical, and sometimes incoherent members !!!!!

I miss Perldog........ Phillip......... and once in a while TD (ouch!!).

regards,
Waddie

Gerarddm

09-27-2013, 06:16 PM

C'mon, Kat, hurry up, toss in a grenade... ;-)

I dunno, maybe I'll turn into a geng dittohead for a month or two, shake some things up, LOL.

Or Scot could allow some T&A posts like on Sailing Anarchy. :ycool:

Mrleft8

09-27-2013, 06:25 PM

So, you're taking on the role of the eccentric, illogical, and sometimes incoherent member??

Ooh! Ooh! new tag line! Eminent incoherent member.....
Now who could use that?..... Hmmmmm......................

JimD

09-27-2013, 06:49 PM

A flock of starlings is now eating our grapes.

seanz

09-27-2013, 06:52 PM

A flock of starlings is now eating our grapes.

That's done it, now you've started drift that can only end in a Gun Thread............

switters

09-27-2013, 06:53 PM

SA rules on the wine seed eating starlings,

skuthorp

09-27-2013, 06:54 PM

Go and stand in the vineyard and make like a scarecrow………………..

Don't forget some straw……….

and BTW I agree that it's the "eccentric, illogical, and sometimes incoherent members" that got the bilge water bubbling. But it did drive off many useful and knowledgable members from the rest of the forum as well.

Bobby of Tulsa

09-27-2013, 06:55 PM

Fred ya might want to delete that post. Just ask Lefty.

JimD

09-27-2013, 06:59 PM

That's done it, now you've started drift that can only end in a Gun Thread............Be right back. I have to go shoot some starlings. What's the best gun for shooting starlings?

switters

09-27-2013, 07:02 PM

Hand H 20 GA or dont even bother.

http://www.hollandandholland.com/images/bespoke/S_ou_SPO_12_Lx10.jpg

Bobby of Tulsa

09-27-2013, 07:03 PM

Be right back. I have to go shoot some starlings. What's the best gun for shooting starlings? 12ga. number 8 shot, man you can get a bunch of them

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:04 PM

Go and stand in the vineyard and make like a scarecrow………………..

Don't forget some straw……….

and BTW I agree that it's the "eccentric, illogical, and sometimes incoherent members" that got the bilge water bubbling. But it did drive off many useful and knowledgable members from the rest of the forum as well.
Couldn't find any straw so I used grapes instead. Not the outcome I was hoping for.

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:04 PM

12ga. number 8 shot, man you can get a bunch of them
Won't that damage the grapes? I just want to shoot the starlings.

Paul Pless

09-27-2013, 07:04 PM

Be right back. I have to go shoot some starlings. What's the best gun for shooting starlings?you might start with this big nikon. . .

http://www.digital2u.co.uk/images/300-800.jpg

skuthorp

09-27-2013, 07:04 PM

http://www.intercom.net/~shoreman/punts2.jpg

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:07 PM

you might start with this big nikon. . .

http://www.digital2u.co.uk/images/300-800.jpg

The starlings are only 12 feet away. Isn't there a slightly smaller model?

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:09 PM

http://www.intercom.net/~shoreman/punts2.jpg
One of those might do nicely. Do they come with bayonnets? I could skewer them from the window.

Bobby of Tulsa

09-27-2013, 07:09 PM

Won't that damage the grapes? I just want to shoot the starlings. You scare the birds off the grapes before you shoot, Dang where is Phillip?

skuthorp

09-27-2013, 07:10 PM

The starlings are only 12 feet away. Isn't there a slightly smaller model?
http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTqh3Ti2zmfaVR5CnZ4WYx5HybSN1H8D lGw667ny_k3kY25J8bRGQ

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:12 PM

You scare the birds off the grapes before you shoot, Dang where is Phillip?
I don't want to scare them. Isn't there a way to lure them off the grapes?

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:13 PM

I'm glad I have a football game to watch in less than an hour.

seanz

09-27-2013, 07:14 PM

Be right back. I have to go shoot some starlings. What's the best gun for shooting starlings?

I dunno, but remember to load it with bird shot not grape shot and you'll be fine.

isla

09-27-2013, 07:14 PM

Where is SamF when you need him? We could have a lot of fun talking about how science would have faltered in the 14th century without the support of the catholic church.
Or...or..or..nope you're absolutely right, it's boring.

Rich Jones

09-27-2013, 07:15 PM

Good Grief! I go to Boston for two days and the Bilge turns to this??
Gotta come up with another "Never take your wife" thread....

skuthorp

09-27-2013, 07:17 PM

I don't want to scare them. Isn't there a way to lure them off the grapes?
​Brandied grain? :dThen you can just sweep them up and post them to your favourite forumite before they wake up.:d

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:22 PM

A gang of robins just showed up trying to muscle in on the starlings. Its turned into a turf war.

skuthorp

09-27-2013, 07:24 PM

I suppose you could try throwing turf at them……………………….

Bobby of Tulsa

09-27-2013, 07:25 PM

I don't want to scare them. Isn't there a way to lure them off the grapes? Well yes, they love to eat corn from cow crap. So buy a cow and some corn.

JimD

09-27-2013, 07:32 PM

Football pre game jock talk show is starting. Bye fellas.

skuthorp

09-27-2013, 07:35 PM

Footy Grand final day here, time to turn off all radios and get out my old opera LP's.

Duncan Gibbs

09-27-2013, 07:39 PM

A gang of robins just showed up trying to muscle in on the starlings. Its turned into a turf war.
Sounds like the grapes of wrath.

If the starlings turn around and leave with their beaks in the air it'll be a case of sour grapes.

S.V. Airlie

09-27-2013, 08:06 PM

12ga. number 8 shot, man you can get a bunch of themI only shoot what I eat! Starlings? Taste like kidney pie. No thanks.:)

Full Tilt

09-27-2013, 08:17 PM

I dunno, but remember to load it with bird shot not grape shot and you'll be fine.

Best line of the day.

Chip-skiff

09-27-2013, 08:23 PM

The man who says he has exhausted life generally means that life has exhausted him.

- - Oscar Wilde

The Bigfella

09-27-2013, 08:26 PM

Boring? What? Its coming up to 10:30am. Must be time to get out of bed and see what the world has to offer.

bogdog

09-27-2013, 08:33 PM

I only shoot what I eat! Starlings? Taste like kidney pie. No thanks.:)

They're great with a strip of Polish bacon wrapped around them and grilled.
A battery gun is a big help. http://www.cbmm.org/img/visit/exhibits/waterfowling_05.jpg

Mrleft8

09-28-2013, 08:56 AM

A punt gun with grape shot.....

JimD

09-28-2013, 09:41 AM

Watching the grapes ripen turned out to be more exciting than the football game.

Michael D. Storey

09-28-2013, 10:10 AM

there's almost nothing down here worth reading. . .
I feel that we have become light on boats and engineering, in the form of guy-talk, and too heavy on
see? this proves that I'm right' and Requests for predictions of the future, such as will the government shut down and will we all die?

JimD

09-28-2013, 10:36 AM

I'm betting we're all gonna die.

beernd

09-28-2013, 11:31 AM

can't remember the last one that i started. . . .

Oops! I think you better delete that one . .:rolleyes:

oznabrag

09-28-2013, 11:37 AM

More boring?

Probably so.

I have decided to sit back and watch it die, myself.

David G

09-28-2013, 01:01 PM

"Only boring people get bored" -- Mom

Mad Scientist

09-28-2013, 06:16 PM

you scare the birds off the grapes before you shoot the birds, dang where is phillip?

ftfy :D

Tom

TomF

09-28-2013, 07:11 PM

Oz' necromancy helping you any? Some interesting old threads - more interesting yet is why thread A but not thread B.

Paul Pless

09-29-2013, 08:05 AM

"Only boring people get bored" -- Momi didn't say that I was bored, I said that the bilge was boring. . .

skuthorp

09-29-2013, 08:13 AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9PNTCwRneY

Yawn…………………..

JimD

09-29-2013, 09:00 AM

My fb friend in Florida says she had a yard full of bluebirds and all I get is starlings.

skuthorp

09-29-2013, 09:02 AM

Our yard's full of birds too, about 9-10 species. But only the wallaby eats the produce.

By saying the Bilge is boring, you are saying it affects you that way. If you are bored by it... you are bored. ipso facto.

I do disagree, though. I don't find it boring at all. There are several troll-masters who keep it interesting (we won't mention any names, shall we?). There are some great folks trying to have serious discussions on topics various. It's true that I sometimes find myself getting irritated by bits of it. The n'er-do-wells who insist on posting boat-related discussiion and fotos in the one non-boat section (which should, of course, be sacrosanct... and above such mundane matters). :rolleyes:

P.I. Stazzer-Newt

09-29-2013, 01:04 PM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ItrO33Hg48

skuthorp

09-29-2013, 05:32 PM

Just be gratefull for living in a boring country, I am.
"A TWIN suicide bombing killed more than 70 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Christians in the country."

(Reuters) - "Twin blasts in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed 33 people and wounded 70 on Sunday, a week after bombings at a church there killed scores, police and hospital authorities said."

Please don't start another online conversation with the missus. I'd be tempted to self immolate.

Haven't you been saving reading the Morgan thread for times such as this.

can't remember the last one that i started. . . .

I see Kat has moved her attention to Facebook.

Mad Scientist

09-29-2013, 09:07 PM

Just be gratefull for living in a boring country, I am.
"A TWIN suicide bombing killed more than 70 people at a church service in northwest Pakistan in what is believed to be the deadliest attack on Christians in the country."

(Reuters) - "Twin blasts in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar killed 33 people and wounded 70 on Sunday, a week after bombings at a church there killed scores, police and hospital authorities said."

Interview in the street said that" Pakistani's can't be doing this to other Pakistanis, Muslims wouldn't do this to other Mulims, it must be a foreign power" Guess which one got the blame?

As mentioned elsewhere, we hope that Syed is safe!

Tom

C. Ross

09-29-2013, 09:15 PM

Skipper posted, telling us not to read her posts.

The Tea Party is about to shut down the federal government, and two-thirds of the posters are trying to top each other with insults. I haven't seen "monkey butt" or "booger brains" yet, but there's a couple days left.

oznabrag is back after a long hiatus, and is digging up old dead threads and being angry and funny in equal measure.

There's a same sex marriage thread with two guys in spiffy matching pink shirts and some sketchy dude in the pictures with aviator glasses, a white beard and a captain hat.

There's a thread celebrating sloth and degeneration.

What do you NEED man?

The Bigfella

09-29-2013, 09:29 PM

.... and the newly minted troll that poofed within a day.

RodB

09-29-2013, 11:35 PM

Maybe it will become more exciting once everyone's complaining about their new healthcare...